Show I Backseat Driving f. f T I Ceiling Lifted on Mile Rim i American SWi Swimming Hopes s Raised I l By FRANK K BAKER RAKER Telegram Sports Editor New Zealander Covers Ground In Mile l Run Rim Like Scared Antelope America on once e the home of or the worlds world's greatest middle distance racers faces a tougher task now than ever to recover the worlds world's record In the mile mUe run The new barrier to American supremacy Is the year old John E. E Jack clock Lovelock from Irom faroH Dunedin New Zealand arid and a 11 student at Oxford university In England This great harrier covered the ground like a frightened antelope recently recently re re- re and set a 11 new ceiling in the running business when he covered ered th the mile mUe In the new record time of ot 4 minutes 76 seconds Lovelock not riot only shattered the world record to fragments He beat Americas America's great miler Bill BUl Bonthron o of Princeton by seven yards and opened the way for tor still more remarkable records of ot or even even better at al the ancient distance II It is just a bit difficult to fully appreciate Love Lovelock's locks lock's per per- If It you were to see ue ee him equal ual his record you would not be overly thrilled You would see a 2 runner streaking around the 1 track at a fast fut clip but you would not be overly conscious of his pace unless you were a keen student of track and field lidd performances Even en the veteran timers who held the watches for hI his record breaking performance were as s startled as anyone anone when he cro crossed the finish line in such an an amazingly short ort time after he started out on the gruelling grind It will be Interesting to analyze his hb performance this way The mile record in the Rocky Mountain conference where the runners are compelled l to run In a rarefied atmosphere is set by Squires of Utah In hi 1930 Lovelock averaged about 62 seconds for lor each ch quarter of a mile That t Is about 12 seconds slower than the R. R M. M C. C record for a single single sin sin- gle Ie yard ya dash of seconds held by Myers of Utah Cunningham May 1 Give Lovelock Real Contest for Laurels It Is little winder then then that the track world Is Ls somewhat groggy from this fresh attack on time Now that the young oung New Zealander has proved that the limit has not been reached It is fascinating to estimate just juat what the human limit really will b be There 1 Is a feeling that either Lovelock or Bonthron or that other great American college ac ace Glenn ace Glenn lenn Cunningham of Kansas Kansas- may trim the record t to and that the record may eventually become the almost unbelievable mark of ot 4 minutes flat nat Bonthron ran the distance faster laster than any American before him being being- clocked In but the year old Detroit boy was unable to match Lovelock's marvelous finishing sprint and came across the line seven sc yards behind Many lany critics are of the opinion that Cunningham Is equally as great a runner as Bonthron or even better He Hc set the unofficial American record of at Chicago in June Junc and is now abroad with an star all-star track and field squad touring the principal European capitals All three of these great stars still have another year of college competition in which to develop improve and see sec what they can do to the clock Record Eludes American Feet for Past Ten Y Years cars of Improvement The mile record has eluded American grasp for ten years The Thc great Paavo Nurmi took the mark to Europe in 1923 when he ran the distance distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance at Stockholm In 2 That was 2 5 1 ter than the record Taber of or the United States had set let eight years ars before beCore Jules of ot France now a a. professional low lowered red the record to 5 1 at Paris Parts in 1931 and now Lovelock has lias w smashed that mark to fragments The New Zealander served notice to th the record boo books at London a year ago when he raced the three-quarters three of a mile mUe in 5 1 wiping out the ancient world record of or 5 4 made In 1895 by Tommy Conneff COnne the Irish American star His best previous time was made In England Eng Eng- land lands The following shows the progress of ot the mile record since 1882 1882 5 2 W. W G. G George England 1895 5 3 Tommy Connet U. U S. S A. A 1911 1911 5 2 John PaulJon U. U S. S A A. 1913 5 2 John Paul Jon Jones U. U S. S A. A 1915 12 5 3 3 Norman Taber U. U S. S A. A 1923 3 Pavo Paavo Nurmi Finland 1931 1931 5 5 1 Jules France France- 1933 5 1933 3 5 Jack Lovelock New Zealand Americas America's chances of regaining the worlds world's swimming title lost to Japan In the 1932 Olympic games appear brighter following the brilliant bril performances of two youngsters in the National A. A t. t A. A U. U cham chain Ralph Flanagan year old Miami 1 high school boy and Jack Medica l year old University of Washington ton freshman carried off oft most of or the Individual laurels Flanagan won the mile and the meter medley and placed second in the yard freestyle and the yard freestyle Medica won two first places breaking the worlds world's record record rec rec- ord oud In winning the yard freestyle in five seconds faster than the former Cormer mark held by Buster Crabbe of Stanford He also 4 won WaD the yard O-yard freestyle and took second in the mile swim Flanagan's Flanagan's Flana Flana- gans gan's winning time of 01 in th the mile was anew American record In addition Leonard Spence broke hL hi own American and worlds world's record in iii the yard breast stroke bv by winning that event In Sure enough Americas America's p paddlers are out in earnest to regain that title and they're making great headway toward getting ready |